Boer

American

[bawr, bohr, boor, boor] / bɔr, boʊr, bʊər, bur /

noun

a South African of Dutch extraction.

adjective

of or relating to the Boers.

Boer British

/ ˈbəʊə, bʊə, bɔː /

noun

1. a descendant of any of the Dutch or Huguenot colonists who settled in South Africa, mainly in Cape Colony, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a Boer farm

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Etymology

Origin of Boer

First recorded in 1825–35; Afrikaans, from Dutch: “peasant, farmer”; see boor

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